“The love of all-inclusiveness is as dangerous in philosophy as in art.”

“Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.”

“I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be either a bandit or a rebel or a man in the crowd.”

“Every man should follow the bent of his nature in art and letters, always provided that he does not offend against the rules of morality and good taste.”

“There are neither good nor bad subjects. From the point of view of pure Art, you could almost establish it as an axiom that the subject is irrelevant, style itself being an absolute manner of seeing things.”

“Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.”

“Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art.”

“Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.”

“I love to collect modern art.”